2016-2017 University of Pennsylvania (Perelman) Application Thread

[efle]

Someone reported portal activity/site change at 6:45am with different colors/info and it changed back to normal at around 7:20am

Maybe I'm crazy but I logged on to portal and it looked different the first time I did, then it changed back ...

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[GnothiSeauton]

I have to say that this whole process has been one of the greatest human dramas I have participated in, and now that the cycle is drawing to a close I'm realizing how much I'm going to miss it.

 

[tarheelpenner]

I have to say that this whole process has been one of the greatest human dramas I have participated in, and now that the cycle is drawing to a close I'm realizing how much I'm going to miss it.

What will I do when I am not anxiously awaiting decisions? What will I stress over?

 

[efle]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty cycle from day to day
To the last syllable of the 2016-2017 threads,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty rejection. Out, out, brief candle!
Applicant's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his gap year upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by a premed, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty cycle from day to day
To the last syllable of the 2016-2017 threads,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty rejection. Out, out, brief candle!
Applicant's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his gap year upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by a premed, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

That was beautiful.

 

[efle]

That was beautiful.

Yeah its all original from an upcoming drama I'm writing called MacPremed, about a premed with a girlfriend who is hardcore gunner and convinces him to cheat on a final. He can't live with the guilt after though.

 

[Cigar]

Just dug up this info from last year's thread. Decisions will almost certainly not be today given the site hasn't gone down for maintenance that we know of:

All times Eastern:

2016
Down for maintenance: 9:34 AM
Decisions 11:06 AM
3/8/16 Tues

2015
Down for maintenance 9:51 AM
Decisions 12:19 PM
3/12/15 Thurs

2014
Down for maintenance 9:53 AM
Decisions 12:23 PM
3/12/14 Wed

2013
Down for maintenance 10:21 AM
Decisions 10:39 AM
3/13/13 Wed

2012
Down for maintenance 3:08 PM March 12 and again 8:51 AM March 14
Decisions 9:56 AM March 14
3/14/12 Wed

2011
Down for maintenance 7:47 AM
Decisions 1:53 PM
3/14/11 Mon

2010
Someone reported portal activity/site change at 6:45am with different colors/info and it changed back to normal at around 7:20am
Decisions first reported at 8:46am
3/15/10 Mon


https://forums.studentdoctor.net/th...lication-thread.1134917/page-10#post-17504883

Excellent sleuthing


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[belvita]

I have to say that this whole process has been one of the greatest human dramas I have participated in, and now that the cycle is drawing to a close I'm realizing how much I'm going to miss it.

The ups and downs of this application cycle have honestly been an emotional PENNdulum

 

[efle]

The ups and downs of this application cycle have honestly been an emotional PENNdulum

I just want to get out of this emotional pennitentiary

 

[MC_Infarction]

Lot of pennt up anxiety in this thread

 

[tarheelpenner]

I feel like my entire future is dePENNding on this decision

 

[Yorick]

Med schools have a pennchant for giving applicants undue stress even though they try to do the opposite

 

[PB&Jam]

I hope this is the pennultimate day we have to wait for this decision.

 

[DogDays123]

Y'all are being a penn in the ass.

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

It seems unlikely it'll be today, so let's just hope it haPENNs tomorrow

 

[doc055]

No PENN intended

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

Can we keep this going until the decisions are oPENNed?

 

[PB&Jam]

Can we keep this going until the decisions are oPENNed?

That dePENNds on how long we have to wait.

 

[doc055]

The ups and downs of this application cycle have honestly been an emotional PENNdulum

Thank you for opening PENNdora's box

 

[efle]

Can we keep this going until the decisions are oPENNed?

Well I'll have to take a break at some point to repennt and pray for my hail mary of an application

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

These have been stupenndous!

 

[chachachacha]

These have been stupenndous!

If I had a PENNy for each one...

 

[PB&Jam]

If I had a PENNy for each one...

...I wouldn't have to dePENNd on loans!

 

[cranialLOOP]

all these alerts are unPENNing my anxiety!!!

 

[tarheelpenner]

I'm just going to PENNcil in tomorrow as decision day. Wishful thinking.

 

[PB&Jam]

I'm just going to PENNcil in tomorrow as decision day. Wishful thinking.

If it happens tomorrow, I won't be able to concentrate on my two exams–I'll be too anxious about what will haPENN.

 

[chachachacha]

Good luck to everyone tomorrow! I've enjoyed every little bit of suspennse.

 

[Cigar]

Good luck to everyone tomorrow! I've enjoyed every little bit of suspennse.

Enjoyed? How could you feel so comPENNsated by this pain?


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[efle]

I know I'll be spennding the morning doing very little work and constantly refreshing the portal

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

I know I'll be spennding the morning doing very little work and constantly refreshing the portal

I've been spenning my wheels all day at work searching for more dank puns...

 

[here2learn1]

Guys it's just a matter of time til we experience our impennding doom

 

[efle]

I'm gonna guess more than one table will get upennded

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

These puns are all that's keeping me from snapping and doing something crazy that'll get me thrown in a PENNitentiary

 

[efle]

I just want to get out of this emotional pennitentiary

These puns are all that's keeping me from snapping and doing something crazy that'll get me thrown in a PENNitentiary

ಠ_ಠ

 

[PB&Jam]

Hawkeye, you need to rePENNt for your transgression.

 

[efle]

Well I'll have to take a break at some point to repennt and pray for my hail mary of an application

Hawkeye, you need to rePENNt for your transgression.

ಠ_ಠ

 

[PB&Jam]

ಠ_ಠ

OOPS. Time to say my PENNance.

 

[Hawkeyeperfect]

ಠ_ಠ

Dang should have been more pennsive before that one...

 

[jetboy]

Hopefully our decisions are no longer pennding after tomorrow

 

[oompaloompadoompadeedo]

No ones posted yet today?!

If it's today it seems we'll know by 11...

 

[tarheelpenner]

No ones posted yet today?!

If it's today it seems we'll know by 11...

The site isn't down for maintenance yet...I keep logging in to check. That being said, it seems it generally doesn't go down until around 9:45.

 

[kirst95]

Why do we think today vs tmr? (Or is this mostly based on hope?)


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[efle]

Based on past years, Weds-Thurs is actually more likely yeah, it was only Tuesday once

 

[tarheelpenner]

I think it's more that it was Tuesday last year. Personally, I don't have any guess when decisions will come out, but it is possible they will come out today so I am checking. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

[efle]

No maintenance on the site so we can rule out today, right?

 

[tarheelpenner]

No maintenance on the site so we can rule out today, right?

I'm going to give it until 10:30

 

[oompaloompadoompadeedo]

This is brutal.

Anyone have the courage to call?

 

[cranialLOOP]

But but but they've explicitly said that decisions won't be out until march 15th?
Why does anyone expect earlier?

 

[efle]

They said by March 15, but every year it has been Tues-Thurs of their spring break, which is this week right now.

 

[lavacake]

This is brutal.

Anyone have the courage to call?

Let's be patient, it's only a couple more days to a week. No need to call since they'll move along the information on their timeline.

But but but they've explicitly said that decisions won't be out until march 15th?
Why does anyone expect earlier?

They said "by March 15", and historically, they've released decisions prior to that date hence the mass anxiety and penn-ic manifesting in penn puns